mftrace (1)
NAME
mftrace - convert METAFONT format fonts into Type1 outline fonts
SYNOPSIS
mftrace [options] fontname
DESCRIPTION
mftrace is a program that can convert a METAFONT font into a Type1
font. It is simply called with the name of the font (without a .mf
suffix) and produces a Type1 font file called either fontname.pfa or
fontname.pfb depending on the command line options.
OPTIONS
These programs follow the usual GNU command line syntax, with long
options starting with two dashes (`-').
-k, --keep
Keep all output in directory `mftrace.dir'.
--glyphsLIST
Process only these glyphs. LIST is a comma separated list of
glyphs.
-a, --pfa
Generate a PFA file (default).
-b, --pfb
Generate a PFB file.
--tfmfile=FILE
Use FILE for the TFM file. (The default is to use font-
name.tfm).
-o, --output-base=FILE
Output to FILE.pfa or FILE.pfb.
-e, --encoding=ENC
Use encoding file ENC. (The default is to use tex256.enc.)
--keep-trying
Try to continue if autotrace fails: first try it with a less
smoothed curve, and if that fails, skip the character. By
default mftrace leaves a file `autotrace-bug-font-char.pbm' and
stops the process with a request to file a bugreport.
-V, --verbose
Be verbose.
-h, --help
Show summary of options.
--simplify
This will pass the created Type1 font through pfaedit to sim-
plify and autohint it.
AUTHOR
mftrace was written by Han-Wen Nienhuys <hanwen@cs.uu.nl>. This manual
page was written by Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org>, for the Debian
GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others).
THIS MANUAL PAGE IS OUTDATED.
February 11, 2002 mftrace(1)